Post pictures of your ride.

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by tommyz9, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. lol whatever suits you man, i would have taken that deal if my parent's offered... lol but i guess you may not be the car enthusiast so meh -shrug and civics shouldnt even cost you 20.. unless you are getting options for the EX-L
     
  2. runtohell121

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    my parent will never buy a new bmw no matter what.. fixing is too expensive.. and Honda Civic is about $17k out the door price... Honda Odyssey is about $22k out the door....
     
  3. hongkongboy

    hongkongboy Well-Known Member

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    u all rich kids or wa?
     
  4. Aoes

    Aoes Well-Known Member

    o_O where do u find an ody for 22k out? we've been trying for so long...

    and to HKB... not really... i paid half of my first car, and paid all of my second car... insurance been oddly enough... very nice to me haha... RX8 is 4door sedan and the Z is old enuff for me to get a discount -lol
     
  5. runtohell121

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    oakland CA has it for that price.. lots of places in Cali has an ody for that price...
     
  6. Jayotacon

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  7. Very nice Jay haha golf's are not to shabby i must say hahah and since its a german car must have been a bit cheaper?! LOL
     
  8. runtohell121

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    aw.. i want a golf also :D
     
  9. gordonng85

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    hard earned savings, yes. Spoiled brats, no. I don't spend money on useless junk. Clothing-wise, I try to keep some timeless style so it can last me 4 yrs instead of those trendy cloths that last 4 weeks. I rarely drink, don't really go to clubs or parties.

    kontradiction's GTI and Fearless' IS are perfect examples. Mine isn't. half paid E60 545i.
    -cry2 4.5L V8 premium guzzler. Gas prices keeps on rising.... God I envy those Civic drivers now.



    RTH, BMW's aren't that expensive to repair. Audi's and Mercedes are.
     
  10. runtohell121

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    all the luxury cars are expensive to repair gawd :D
     
  11. tommyz9

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    Nice car. Like the blue head lights.

     
  12. gordonng85

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    Audi's to change a timing belt, you have to off the whole front assembly to reach the belt. That's like 4 hours of labor @ 100$/ hour. The timing belt kit comes with the water pump, oil filter, fuel filter, and other stupidities which is 450$. It's a nice total of 850$. If you live in a communist province like Quebec, Canada ( in my case) we have to pay a 14% tax. A nice total of 970$ for a stupid rubber belt. My uncle's been there. My aunt forgot to do it and the belt skipped a tooth. I've never seen valves bend lol...The swap was well over 7k at the dealer ( back in 2002)

    Mercedes parts are expensive because they are built like tanks and use some pretty good quality parts. I have little experience with Mercs but I'm shopping for a 6 cylinder old school W124 E-class. These things are robust. There are some more recent C-class from the late 1990's for 6-7k which are worth considering.

    BMW, well... my family is sold to BMW. 7's, 5's, 3's, X's. They are not expensive to repair trust me. Make sure the car is in good condition, bring it to a BMW specialist and you won't regret. The engine last forever. Literally. Mine has 200 000km on the original belt, still running on the original head, seals, and passed the compression ratio with flying colors. I highly recommend a E34 5-series. They are fairly unexpensive to buy and to maintain. There's also the E46. Beautiful timeless design. I can go on to praise the Bavarians but I'll keep it on topic for now.
     
  13. Aoes

    Aoes Well-Known Member

    gordon... there's a difference between cost to repair... and not having to repair lol...

    when something does break down... it costs you an arm and a leg to repair a bimmer... it's just rare for a bimmer to break down rofl...

    *o and Fearless' IS isn't exactly cheap on gas... it still sucks up quite a bit... Lexus/Toyo's I6's are incredibly thirsty -.-;
     
  14. gordonng85

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    tell me about it lol. but you have a point. They barely break.
     
  15. ^ and as stated...RTH get a BMW, and with your spending habit im sure you could pay for all the damages that does rarely happen to the car, im definitly going to own one and I hope really soon....
     
  16. Aoes

    Aoes Well-Known Member

    there's so much diversity of cars on here so far haha... another Bimmer on here would make me not feel so lonely :)
     
  17. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    wtf, you call 27 mpg city/32 mpg highway thirsty? id say thats pretty good for a small/mid size sedan.
     
  18. Aoes

    Aoes Well-Known Member

    no way... no freaking way ur getting that... did the IS switch over to the V6 o_O?
     
  19. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    yeah man, 2.4 L direct fuel injected V6. i get some pretty solid milage. City driving mpg suffers alot if i get too high into the rev range, but most of the time i drive pretty conscious of the fact gas is costing me $1.25 a liter.
     
  20. Aoes

    Aoes Well-Known Member

    z0mg... that just makes the IS not as interesting nemore... but then again... it kinda makes it interesting again rofl